At its annual business meeting on May 28, 2010, the Brown Corporation ratified endowed professorships and a directorship established by its Advisory and Executive Committee.

Three Chancellor’s Professorships have been established with support from Chancellor Thomas J. Tisch; and the Sigal Family Professorship in Humanistic Medicine, a clinical professorship in oncology, was made possible by a gift from the family of the late Phyllis and Irving Sigal. In addition, the University has established the Frederic M. Alper Directorship of Financial Aid with a gift from Frederic M. Alper, a 1960 Brown graduate, parent, and trustee emeritus.

The Corporation also approved the appointment of the following faculty to named chairs, effective July 1, 2010:

Oncologist Fred J. Schiffman was named the inaugural holder of the Sigal Family Professorship in Humanistic Medicine.
• Constantine Gatsonis, Henry Ledyard Goddard University Professor of Medical Science